Poems
Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
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You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may tread me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
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Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
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Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
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Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
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It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;
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I do not love you except because I love you;
I go from loving to not loving you,
From waiting to not waiting for you
My heart moves from cold to fire.
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The free bird leaps
on the back of the wind
and floats downstream
till the current ends
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The most important thing we've learned,
So far as children are concerned,
Is never, NEVER, NEVER let
Them near your television set -
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A lake and a fairy boat
To sail in the moonlight clear, -
And merrily we would float
From the dragons that watch us here!
Thy gown should be snow-white silk
And strings of oriental pearls,
Like gossamers dipped in milk,
Should twine with thy raven curls!
Red rubies should deck thy hands,
And diamonds should be thy dower -
But fairies have broke their wands,
And wishing has lost its power!
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Water ruffled and speckled by galloping wind
Which puffs and spurts it into tiny pashing breaks
Dashed with lemon-yellow afternoon sunlight.
The shining of the sun upon the water
Is like a scattering of gold crocus-petals
In a long wavering irregular flight.
The water is cold to the eye
As the wind to the cheek.
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He ignores you,
but you still like him.
He does nothing for you,
but you're still in love with him.
You miss him,
but he never thinks about you.
Nothing's louder
than the silence between two people
who went from falling in love
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There was a moment
when the world split
metal screamed,
time shattered,
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The ship is steady, for years I've steered,
Know every current, calm and feared.
My patterns woven, strong and deep,
A life I built, the secrets keep.
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I crave the fragrance
Of the delicate flowers
In your lush garden.
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Mijn vader werd pas vader toen
-we bijna reeds allen uit huis-
hij besefte dat hij geen bretels van node had
...............om echt een Man te zijn! M
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I be singing,
To the heavens at night.
Her smile
So tight.
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The Tule Eaters, Si-Te-Cah,
Red hair bright, a tribe of war.
Paiute stories, passed down deep,
Of giants tall, secrets they keep.
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Remember me when I am gone
And my spirit whisks its way across the lakes
A gust of wind, a gentle breeze
Surprisingly that's all it takes
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The game's a blur, you don't know why,
Just move the pieces, 'til you die.
No joy, no spark, just going through,
The motions, tired, and feeling blue.
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The eyes of the Earth are,
Watching the wailing of,
The waning Moon,
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Around the white house blue skies and white clouds
but on the base it isn't the face of white crowds
being the worlds Ghetto of a divide and rule fool
those Yeah nicking redheads of petrol and oil
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That mole, those rosy cheeks—within the eye's dark core they dwell,
that lightning glance—in passing dream, it lingers still.
That smile strikes the heart's eye, sets its rhythm beating—
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I dwell
In the absence
You left behind
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If you die before me
I would jump down into your grave
and hug you so innocently
that angels will become jealous.
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Beautiful is the 'thank you'
Wrapped with gratitude,
Offered to peace prone people
Who offer what is real-themselves
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Indoors by technology, outdoors by speedy transport
I travel the world
Today in Japan, tomorrow in Rome,
Next day by an ancient civilization or in Hawaii or Coast Ivory,
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The low lands call
I am tempted to answer
They are offering me a free dwelling
Without having to conquer
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The Peace Warrior Of Mzansi, among heroes - a colossus!
Sun Of The Nation; a rare gift of Providence.
Once, entangled in the web of racist succubus;
Unruffled he declares before High Justice:
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(This is a composition in Pilipino Language the first one I did, the only one, and hope some of the Filipinos will get this funny poem in this site. The poem is updated with English translation)
Noong taong otsenta dekada
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Love and lust are poles apart.
Lust is chaos, love is art.
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Rappelle-toi Barbara
Il pleuvait sans cesse sur Brest ce jour-là
Et tu marchais souriante
Épanouie ravie ruisselante
...
you put this pen
in my hand and you
take the pen from you put this pen
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On this dry prepared path walk heavy feet.
This is not "dinner music." This is a power structure.
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"Come, pretty birds, present your lays,
And learn to chaunt a goddess praise;
Ye wood-nymphs, let your voices be
Employ'd to serve her deity:
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If you had the choice of two women to wed,
(Though of course the idea is quite absurd)
And the first from her heels to her dainty head
Was charming in every sense of the word:
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A little while, a little while,
The weary task is put away,
And I can sing and I can smile,
Alike, while I have holiday.
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Between us now and here -
Two thrown together
Who are not wont to wear
Life's flushest feather -
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"Faith" is a fine invention
When Gentlemen can see—
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